Free cinema programming tools
Slate Tools
Turn the upcoming release schedule into a clearer programming and booking picture for your cinema.
Programming context
See how one release affects the next
The Slate section helps cinema exhibitors and industry professionals visualise and analyse upcoming film releases. It combines a searchable movie database with a release-schedule timeline and booking workflows to support better programming decisions.
Movie Database
Find and analyse films relevant to your region and business needs from a cinema-focused catalogue.
Open Movie DatabaseRelease Timeline
Visualise the release schedule, see how dates overlap and understand the pressure each period places on programming.
Open Release TimelineBooking application
Manage film bookings, distributor offer threads, policy agreements, terms and commitments. A free account is required.
Open Booking applicationRelease schedule
A timeline built for cinema programming
Compare releases across a configurable date range, filter distributors, show school and public holidays, and inspect the weeks in which available screens will be under the most pressure.
Explore the Release Timeline →Booking application
Keep bookings, terms and offers beside the slate
The login-protected Booking application manages film bookings, policy agreements, minimum guarantees, terms, distributor offer threads and commitments using the same timeline context.
Open the Booking application →
Continuing development
Making Slate useful across more regions
Your feedback is welcome as the tools continue to develop.
- Region-aware content so the system applies beyond the Australia-specific first version.
- Improved search and filtering in the Movie Database.
- Collecting films relevant to cinema bookers into a single interface.
- More interactive timeline visualisations.
- Additional booking-management features.
